GRE Word List
ENGULF
to flow over and enclose : overwhelm
The meaning of the word engulf is to flow over and enclose : overwhelm.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |